Oculus is calling its latest rendering tech ‘Stereo Shading Reprojection’, and says that for scenes which are heavy in pixel shading, the approach can save upwards of 20% on GPU performance. The ...

This high level architectural block diagram above highlights the main feature of the Radeon X1900 -- its 48 pixel shader processors. Unlike the Radeon X1800 which has 16 pixel shader processors, and ...

Variable Rate Shading will be an Xbox One Series X feature, Major Nelson confirmed, and Digital Foundry has a new video out which explains exactly what VRS is and what it means for next-gen. In the ...

In 3D graphics, a technique developed by Phong Bui-Tuong in the mid-1970s that computes a shaded surface based on the color and illumination at each pixel. Phong shading is more realistic than Gouraud ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--Nvidia unveiled its latest high-powered graphics technology Wednesday in front of a crowd of several hundred boisterious gamers here. The new GeForce 8800 graphics cards (click here ...

Capcom will release a new update for Street Fighter V: Champion Edition on March 29, which includes a new battle balance update, cel-shading and pixel graphics filters, and more. The full list of new ...

After looking at Beyond3d reviews of graphcs cards, I noticed a difference between my 3D Mark2001 theoretical scores for vertex shader and pixel shader numbers on my ATI 9800.<BR><BR>I suddenly ...

Or more generically, how many games will use specific features from DirectX 8 and 9? I've got a friend who is thinking about what kind of graphics mojo he should have in a brand new laptop, and uh ...

Computer graphics research has always pushed the boundaries of software and hardware, forcing us to ask the question: “If the technology were fast enough, what else could be done?” Thankfully, as ...

There's always a lot going on in the world of 3D graphics, and the last year is no exception. We've had the chance to speak with Nvidia's chief scientist, David Kirk, to get his perspective on recent ...

A recently published patent application suggests that AMD might be infusing a technology called Variable Rate Shading (VSR) into its upcoming Navi GPU architecture, which is expected to arrive later ...

Explaining how a modern GPU works in completeness would take a book. Or two. Per class of chip. Per vendor. They're extraordinarily complex pieces of engineering and production, and the end result ...